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Putty posted:i hope you have gills cause you're getting dump in a river with cinderblocks on your legs this escalated quickly
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Damiya posted:I would honestly like more recommendations on good post apocalypse reading because it is an interesting topic. Earth Abides is super super good.
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Kimmalah posted:I thought it was better mostly because it didn't come off as some kind of weirdo survivalist power fantasy. Yeah the man and his son are surviving the apocalypse, but they're just barely making it, the tiniest things are the most valuable and it's made clear that the best strategy is to run/hide/avoid conflict rather than "Grab a shotgun and let's DO this. Yeah, it was very focussed on the human relationship. Its really unrealistic when people are just running around with their big guns and having a great time shooting the baddies. That simple escapism is what movies are for, literature is a better medium for exploring more complex stuff. You wouldn't think I just finished making fun of my sister's English Lit degree for being useless and made up. (I don't actually believe it but she gets so hilariously mad)
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boom boom boom posted:which is worse, quarantine 2 or REC 3? I hated the first quarantine so much i didn't watch the sequel but I can't imagine anything worse than rec 3
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Shannonmcn posted:You wouldn't think I just finished making fun of my sister's English Lit degree for being useless and made up. (I don't actually believe it but she gets so hilariously mad) i had a pre-med friend who did this when i was still an Eng-Lit major back in the day. i laughed at him for being a goony gently caress
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Women's Rights? posted:I hated the first quarantine so much i didn't watch the sequel but I can't imagine anything worse than rec 3 how could you like rec but hate quarantine, isn't it basically a shot for shot remake?
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boom boom boom posted:how could you like rec but hate quarantine, isn't it basically a shot for shot remake? No no its not. They fleshed out the reporter and the cameraman unnecessarily (nobody watching rec was going "well this is scary but im curious to learn more about the characters) and they toned down a lot of the tension
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Wildlife Analysis posted:i had a pre-med friend who did this when i was still an Eng-Lit major back in the day. i laughed at him for being a goony gently caress In actuality I'm just jealous she was allowed to do a degree she enjoyed when I was encouraged to do one with a job at the end of it. I'm miserable and I hate my PhD and also I am a goony gently caress. Also also there are no drat jobs. I might as well have spent 3 years reading books instead of memorising derivations I'll never use. teenytinymouse fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Jan 4, 2014 |
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:burritos they definitely are the bomb
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Shannonmcn posted:Yeah, it was very focussed on the human relationship. Its really unrealistic when people are just running around with their big guns and having a great time shooting the baddies. That simple escapism is what movies are for, literature is a better medium for exploring more complex stuff. Heh well actually I've never read the book, I'm only going by the movie version here.
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Wicker Man posted:Oddly enough, I liked the little "random stories of survivors that we based all of this data on" the most about that book. This is from the last page and probably the book's been mentioned earlier, but you've read World War Z, haven't you? That's entirely stories of survivors--kind of like a modern "people's history" book. I like it more than the survival guide, but then, I typically like nonfiction people's history articles more than nonfiction survival guides.
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Shannonmcn posted:In actuality I'm just jealous she was allowed to do a degree she enjoyed when I was encouraged to do one with a job at the end of it. I'm miserable and I hate my PhD and also I am a goony gently caress. yeah, my position has always been to do what makes you happy. basing your entire existence around employment is a really hollow way to live, and anyone who goes to school for that purpose is unlikely to end up a happy person. i'd rather have a world of english majors that all enjoy their life than 6 billion goony, miserable code monkeys because it's practical or w/e people forget, too, that a lot of the skills you need for employment can be picked up outside of school. you don't need to be a comp sci major to work in IT or a trade
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Tjadeth posted:This is from the last page and probably the book's been mentioned earlier, but you've read World War Z, haven't you? That's entirely stories of survivors--kind of like a modern "people's history" book. I like it more than the survival guide, but then, I typically like nonfiction people's history articles more than nonfiction survival guides. I'm a big huge nerd, so I personally really like stories that talk about the medical process of a zombie infection. Like I think I was the only person on the planet who enjoyed the CDC storyline in The Walking Dead because of that alone. But voodoo spells are cool too. 
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Wildlife Analysis posted:yeah, my position has always been to do what makes you happy. basing your entire existence around employment is a really hollow way to live, and anyone who goes to school for that purpose is unlikely to end up a happy person. i'd rather have a world of english majors that all enjoy their life than 6 billion goony, miserable code monkeys because it's practical or w/e
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All Of The Dicks posted:are you a Juggalette? nope came up with it trying to think of a xbox live username & i thought it was funny idk
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Spanish Manlove posted:Boners.
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Downside of my "Straight Outta Compton" sweater. My 12 year old has downloaded both NWA albums and "Today was a good day." We already have them on CD but hadn't introduced the kids to true gangsta rap yet. Oops. On the upside, he is now listening to Tears For Fears. Also, I love Burritos. I miss California for nail shops, burritos and my friends. That is all.
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Shannonmcn posted:I wanted to write magic novels. Or books about ponies. Its really better that I not be allowed to pursue that if I was ever going to leave mum's house. maybe you have a really nice mum idk
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I have a degree in fine art and double-minored in art history and romantic literature. I'm actually perfectly happy working a brainless day job that pays okay while doing my own stuff and volunteering in the arts in my spare time. I have a roof over my head and nice clothes and everything.
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I'm getting a PhD in chemistry I have no idea what I want to do with it any more my current Ideal Dream Career is 'open a cat cafe in the hipster quarter of the city so that I get to hang out with cats all day every day' (yes I know this will never happen) don't be me
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Crow Jane posted:I have a degree in fine art and double-minored in art history and romantic literature. I'm actually perfectly happy working a brainless day job that pays okay while doing my own stuff and volunteering in the arts in my spare time. I have a roof over my head and nice clothes and everything. I have a degree in anthropology. It always causes two reactions: (1) What IS that? Is it where you study bugs and stuff? (2) Why did you major in it, I mean what the hell do you do with a degree like that?" Valid points, but it's maddening after a while.
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vaguely posted:I'm getting a PhD in chemistry being a doctoral student is terrible and i can only add my support to any poor soul reading this that god, you dream of anything else, anything that will get you away. it's a job that has no hours because it is all the hours.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:yeah, my position has always been to do what makes you happy. basing your entire existence around employment is a really hollow way to live, and anyone who goes to school for that purpose is unlikely to end up a happy person. i'd rather have a world of english majors that all enjoy their life than 6 billion goony, miserable code monkeys because it's practical or w/e pure ableism! not all of us can afford to "get a degree" on a subject that makes us "happy"! I struggle to even make it to the shower once a week and
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Kimmalah posted:I have a degree in anthropology. It always causes two reactions: (1) What IS that? Is it where you study bugs and stuff? (2) Why did you major in it, I mean what the hell do you do with a degree like that?" My pet peeve is people asking me what jobs I can get with my degree. If I become a crazy high school science teacher then so be it, it's a personal achievement and interest thing. Not every decision has to be made with a cost-benefit analysis.
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vaguely posted:I'm getting a PhD in chemistry cook meth, alternatively make bombs for al qaeda
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vaguely posted:I'm getting a PhD in chemistry Getting PhD in Marine Concrete. Want to open either a bar/restaurant (now with cats) or a stables for young poor kids who can't afford horses. Neither will ever happen, I'm stuck at a desk/ lab forever.
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Kimmalah posted:I have a degree in anthropology. It always causes two reactions: (1) What IS that? Is it where you study bugs and stuff? (2) Why did you major in it, I mean what the hell do you do with a degree like that?" I'm seriously considering a minor in anthropology to go with my poli sci degree, I probably won't use it but it's super interesting stuff bioanth was cool, I learned about monkeys and skulls and stuff
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Wendigee posted:pure ableism! not all of us can afford to "get a degree" on a subject that makes us "happy"! i'm sorry about your autism realtalk: my early Anth classes are what got me into natural sciences in the first place.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:My pet peeve is people asking me what jobs I can get with my degree. If I become a crazy high school science teacher then so be it, it's a personal achievement and interest thing. Not every decision has to be made with a cost-benefit analysis. this is basically my goal, I'm gonna teach government and make kids actually interested in how lovely our class system is
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Pick posted:being a doctoral student is terrible and i can only add my support to any poor soul reading this that god, you dream of anything else, anything that will get you away. it's a job that has no hours because it is all the hours. I don't have a degree, so I know nothing of academia. But a doctoral degree seems like you're paying someone to be miserable. (Although my sister is a Doctor for animals and didn't seem miserable in Vet school . . .) My current "plan" for life is to retire and be a full time student, but everyone who is makes it seem like pure drudgery. Maybe I'll just be a hobo.
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Wildlife Analysis posted:My pet peeve is people asking me what jobs I can get with my degree. If I become a crazy high school science teacher then so be it, it's a personal achievement and interest thing. Not every decision has to be made with a cost-benefit analysis. Yeah it seems to boggle some people's minds that yes you can get a job in field unrelated to your major. So everyone always either wonders what I'm going to do or thinks I'm going to become an archaeologist. Solely with my B.A. 
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The Brown Menace posted:cook meth, alternatively make bombs for al qaeda where do the cats come in
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poopkitty posted:Also, I love Burritos. I miss California for nail shops, burritos and my friends. That is all. Gonna go eat a burrito in your honor forums poster poopkitty (I should probably get my nails done too, tbh)
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